William Watts may refer to: *

William Watts (East India Company official) William Watts ( – 4 August 1764) was a British official with the East India Company. He was involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal, leading directly to the consolidation of Company rule in India and his own persona ...

(c. 1722–1764), British official involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal * William Watts (fl. 1512–1518), mayor of Reading * William Watts (priest), Archdeacon of Llandaff, 1706–1722 *

William Watts (engraver) William Watts (1752–1851) was an English line-engraver. Life The son of a master silk weaver in Moorfields, London, Watts was born early in 1752. He received his art training from Paul Sandby and Edward Rooker, and on Rooker's death in 1774 co ...

(1752–1851), English line-engraver * William Watts (colonial administrator), deputy governor of Anguilla * William Watts (Virginian) (1817–1877), American politician and businessman in Virginia *

William Walter Watts Reverend William Walter Watts (1856–1920) was one of New South Wales's greatest authorities on moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', S ...

(1856–1920), botanist - moss expert *

William Carleton Watts William Carleton Watts (February 18, 1880 – January 5, 1956) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II. Biography Early life and career Watts was born in Philadelphia, P ...

(1880–1956), rear admiral in US Navy * William John Watts (1846–1907), Quebec businessman, lawyer and politician *

William Arthur Watts William Arthur Watts (26 May 1930 – 26 April 2010) was a Professor in Botany at and - (later) Provost of - Trinity College Dublin. He was born in Dublin's docklands and studied Modern Languages at Trinity, where he was elected a Scholar in 195 ...

(1930–2010), botanist and educator *

William Whitehead Watts Prof William Whitehead Watts FRS HFRSE FGS FMS LLD (7 June 1860 – 30 July 1947) was a British geologist. Life He was born near Broseley in Shropshire, the eldest of two sons of Isaac Watts, but then a music master, and his wife, Maria Whitehea ...

(1860–1947), geologist * William Watts (inventor), inventor of the shot tower * William Watts (translator) (1590–1649), English cleric and author *

William Mavor Watts William Mavor Watts (1797/98–1874) was an English printer, based in London, who specialised in non-Roman fonts and Bible printing. The printing business Watts took over the printing business that his father Richard Watts had established in Cro ...

(1797/98–1874), English printer * Bill Watts (born 1939), American wrestler and promoter

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